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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I didn't realize I had this coin until I went to Farnbycoin's photo gallery and saw his example of this coin. When I fished this out of a dealer's "bargain bin", I thought it was simply wear or damage. This coin resembles a US Indian Head cent where the denticle pattern was struck in the center of the reverse. Some speculate the hammer die fell out onto the reverse die and left the pattern, while others think the dies are too hard to leave this mark, and speculate that the die was intentionally forced into the reverse. Whatever the cause may be with this Half penny, it's a very interesting variety!   Closeup detail of the clash:  Edited by KurtS
06/23/2008 02:57 am
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New Member
Australia
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Very interesting, I have never seen this before.
Luke
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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G'day, I'm glad you edited that extra pic in: I couldn't see what you were deswcribing in the earlier pics.
I've never heard that class of error discussed before.
Peter
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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I could see it in the previous pics, only just though
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Formerly nancyc
Australia
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In the Aust Pre-Dec Coin Varieties Book, it's described as:
S Mint, Denticle pattern over alf in half A12C Rare. So Kurt, you've done it again. Good one! (The A12C is just the picture number in the book)
life is a mystery to be lived not a problem to be solved
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Thanks for the info Nancy! It must be random luck--I'll take any. |
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Valued Member
Australia
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Some speculate the hammer die fell out onto the reverse die and left the pattern, while others think the dies are too hard to leave this mark,
and speculate that the die was intentionally forced into the reverse. I would go with option A (hammer die fell), as it makes further sense when considering this affect is found on up to 4 other positions on the reverse of the 21 half pennies. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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That's very interesting! It sounds like a problem year for the press. Update: a collector on another forum did an overlay showing how the clash might align to denticles on the obverse die:  Edited by KurtS
06/24/2008 1:11 pm
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New Member
Australia
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1921 ALF Coins always have a small dash in the inner circle at about 210 degrees or 7 o'clock.
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Formerly nancyc
Australia
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As this thread is 13 yrs old, all links to pictures are broken.
life is a mystery to be lived not a problem to be solved
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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Why bring up an old post 13 years old?
The original OP hasn't been on this site since 2010
and there aren't even pictures to refer to.
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